The ‘high cost’ of parking at the Astrodome

Found this amusing photo taken 30 years ago this month outside the Astrodome. I couldn’t find any published information on these pictures, so the men here are unidentified. Adjusted for inflation that $3 parking fee comes out to about $7 today.

If only these guys knew how much the parking situation would change over time. I’m sure some folks wouldn’t mind rolling it back to $3 today.

For 50 cents, one could buy admission to an April 5, 1949, benefit baseball game between the Houston Buffs and the all stars of the Houston Amateur Baseball Federation. Money raised would go to junior baseball.

That’s $4.88 in today’s dollars, by the way. The Buffs would win 9-0 at Buff Stadium.

The amateur all stars were the first of four opponents the Buffs faced in the span of a few days: the Pirates (Pirates won), White Sox (Buffs won) and two games with the Cardinals (split series).